Specialist Fund Job Description
Specialist Fund Duties & Responsibilities
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Specialist Fund Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Specialist Fund
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Specialist Fund Examples
Specialist Fund Job Description
- Support daily valuation, compliance, and risk production
- Ensure proper controls are in place for offerings including detailed process documents
- Assess Fund Overdrafts
- Assess NAV divergences
- Process and maintain data in your area of expertise, function and process
- Ability to prioritize tasks within her/his area of responsibility
- Ensures that all operations are performed timely according to the cut offs confirmed in the SLA
- Contributes to service improvements and optimization by participating in relevant processes
- Shows client-driven orientation
- Responds to client queries in a timely and accurate manner / provides excellent level of customer services
- Solid understanding, and experience of a techical role in developing or sales for quantitative finance strategies
- Ability to interpret complex financial information and diseminate confidently under pressure
- Demonstrably strong interpersonal skills, as you will be required to pitch new ideas to and maintain relationships with sophisticated clients
- Quantitative degree from a top-tier university
- Spoken/written English, fluency in Mandarin or Japanese preferred
- A bachelor's degree in accounting or statistics is preferred
Specialist Fund Job Description
- Assigns appropriate coding for donations received and completes input into donor system importing demographic, company master and other files into donor management system
- Scrub import files prior to import and validate records updated as needed
- Pull specific donor information from database to include on acknowledgment letters
- Generate and mail recognition letters for related donation inputs
- Send communications using web-based program
- Manage and execute daily fund administration oversight activities
- Coordinate the production and review of statutory reports with fund administrators, auditors, type-setter and translators
- Control and approve dividend distribution calculations from 3rd party service providers
- Coordinate fund events and corporate actions in relation with the oversight activities
- Keep internal procedures up to date
- Good knowledge of mutual and hedge funds dealing process will be an asset
- Knowledge of French/Spanish/German/Italian language will be an asset
- Client focus approach
- BS/BA degree in finance or related field
- Minimum 3 years successful experience in the accounting or banking fields
- Proficiency in Excel and other windows-based software (Excel Formulas, Macros, Pivot Tables)
Specialist Fund Job Description
- Review and approve funds monthly expenses
- Act as primary contact for Financial Intermediary home office personnel
- Provide up to date information relative to fund trading, transaction processing, account maintenance, and problem resolution
- Accept order clearance trades via phone and fax requests, input to TA system for processing, and QC transactions
- Facilitate the completion of home office requests for trade corrections
- Generate bills and facilitate collection for trade losses on home office adjustments or as/of trade requests
- Review Omnibus dealer reports for Intermediary Due Diligence purposes
- Provide specialized support to broker dealers operating in the Omnibus environment
- Assist in reporting to management on dealer related topics such as excessive trading, CDSC reporting and Omnibus12b-1 invoicing
- Review and Facilitate payment of dealer invoices
- Experience in a regulatory environment, including working knowledge in FATCA, Dodd Frank and AIFMD
- High level of proficiency in Excel required
- Intermediate level understanding of Python and Python libraries, including flow control and Python data types
- VBA, SQL or other programming languages also beneficial
- Ability to write maintainable code and comfort with testing/debugging the same
- Ability to communicate effectively with both a technical and non-technical audience
Specialist Fund Job Description
- Periodic Regulatory reporting Hong Kong Large Positions, Tokyo Short Sell reporting
- Maintains a working knowledge of strategic investment market activities and industry pronouncements and their impacts on the Funds LNL
- Mange a small team
- Partner with leadership of MFAS to quickly build and maintain strong working relationships with a suite of colleagues across the Business Channels, Technology, Compliance, National Accounts, and Corporate Counsel
- Directly engage in an effort to understand and align on shared business needs, desired outcomes, and current pain points
- Prepare and negotiate contracts in a high volume environment
- Act as an effective liaison between attorneys and business partners to address issues as they relate to contracts and take a leadership role in resolving inconsistencies in contracts across asset management firms
- Advocate for the efficient flow of information and ensure that related systems deliver intuitive and natural interfaces
- Lead the teams through change in a courageous and authentic manner, always driving transparency and building trust throughout
- Uncover, monitor, and actively manage risk
- Ability to engage individuals over the phone – experience securing appointments a plus
- Highly organized with project management experience and strong attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal communication skills, in person, by phone and in writing
- Professional, flexible demeanor with affinity for customer service
- Must possess valid driver's license, proof of insurance, and have access to a reliable vehicle
- Minimum of 3-5 years of related experience, with one to three years transfer agency experience preferred
Specialist Fund Job Description
- Process complex transactions, queries and reports to meet team objectives
- Maintain compliance with current accounting policies, procedures and internal controls to ensure they are accurate, complete and effective
- Participate in interview and hiring process
- Perform cash/ securities/ portfolios reconciliation vs custodian’s and/ or counter-party’s records
- Service delivery and engagement of new regulatory reporting client’s requirements
- Preparation & review of regulatory reporting returns for our clients
- Deliver high quality service through accurate, timely completion of all assigned tasks and requests for information
- Be responsive and anticipate to the client needs
- Understand the needs of our end clients and ensure full support for accurate and timely reporting coupled with a proactive approach to local offices
- Continuously improve and recommend opportunities to enhance client focused service delivery
- Demonstrated ability to pro-actively manage and monitor a portfolio of hedge fund names, including monitoring monthly performance and net asset value trends with proactive follow-up to hedge fund managers facing challenges with redemptions, performance, strategy
- Some fundraising experience required
- Previous customer service skills a plus
- Understanding of Fund/SERV and Network processing
- Must be highly organized and able to handle multiple tasks with a sense of prioritization
- Able to work well within a team atmosphere independently